No that's not the name of this festival. It's the first day of spring, in Chinese tradition this is the beginning of the year. You will be asking WTF(where's the food), aren't we having lunar new year right now? That's right, it's an entirely different celebration.
I'm not going to cover the technical part of the celebration, but one of the less traditional thing we do, is stand the egg 🤣 The Chinese word 立春 if being split into two different character, 立 is stand/erect, 春 in village slang is egg(or balls depending on which part of the Chinese region referring to). So, the local tradition being like, stand the egg become one of the Facebook ritual 🤣 whilst I don't post Facebook anymore, so you guys can see my ball egg standing.
Ok here is the actual meaning I pluck from Wiki. Skip it if you prefer goofy stuff.
Traditional Chinese calendar divides a year into 24 solar terms. Lìchūn, Risshun, Ipchun, or Lập xuân is the 1st solar term. It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 315° and ends when it reaches the longitude of 330°. It more often refers in particular to the day when the Sun is exactly at the celestial longitude of 315°. In the Gregorian calendar, it usually begins around February 4 and ends around February 18 (February 19 East Asia time). It's also the beginning of a sexagenary cycle.
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Anyway, the day so far has been quite positive. Below are some description of the photographs I've shared here.
